Anyone know how much it costs to post a vhs video tape to america? Thanks, just in like a standard jiffy bag.?

Question

as in title, how much to post video to america?

Answer 1

go to the royal mail site they have a postage calculator, you can weigh your item and then choose if its first class, signed for etc and even pay and print a label saves loads of time and nasty p.o queues :)

Answer 2

When you take your VHS tape for posting, don't forget to mention it is a VHS tape.  The security scanner could well erase the tape.  A DVD disc would be easier.

Answer 3

Postoffice.co.uk have prices, depending on weight.

I'd guess about £4.

Answer 4

Weigh it then calculate it using the price finder here:

http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceF...

Answer 5

Don`t know how much, but can they play it?

Their system is different from ours.

Answer 6

Probably under a fiver if you use surface mail. If you use airmail or Swiftair Express then you can expect to a little pay more. I often send small packages to my daughter in California..

Answer 7

Just a point to note, US VHS tapes run at a different speed to UK and European tapes, this is to cope with the different frame rate and number of lines per frame.

The colour encoding NTSC (Never Twice the Same Color as my dad used to say, or National Televison Standards Commitee) used in the US and Japan is very different to that used in Europe,PAL(Phase Alternating Line  - used most places)or SECAM (means something in french- used in France and former French colonies)